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Joey Jagan is a poor politician – Rohee

Mar 10, 2015 News

Just one day after he stood on a platform to pay homage to Dr. Cheddi Jagan –the founder of the People’s Progressive Party— the Party’s General Secretary, Clement Rohee told the media that he thinks little—politically—about the son of that very leader.
Yesterday, at the PPP weekly press conference held at Freedom House, Rohee chose not to address the concerns expressed by Dr. Joey Jagan and decided to bash the junior Jagan instead.
Recently, the young Jagan was quoted in sections of the media as saying that while he mounted the PPP platform for the 2011 General and Regional Elections; he will not be doing so this time around.
He attributed his decision to the fact that he earnestly believes that the PPP has strayed far away from what his father believed in and stood for politically.
Rohee made it clear yesterday that he is not the least bit surprised by what Dr. Jagan said. However, he did not attribute this lack of shock to an admission that the PPP has indeed fall short of what it was initially mandated to do for Guyana. Instead, Rohee decided to speak on Dr. Jagan’s political competence.
When questioned about the loss of Jagan’s support for the Party his father founded, Rohee said, “These positions by Dr. (Joey) Jagan are not surprising. If you were to follow his sojourns politically over the years, you obviously would see the direction in which he is heading…Joey is an excellent dentist, but a poor politician.”
Rohee claimed that this is something he told Janet Jagan before she died. He added that she smiled when he told her that her son is no good politically.
Since Dr. Jagan publicly made known his feelings about the state of the PPP, he has reported been shunned by the party.
In fact, Dr. Jagan told sections of the media that he was not even invited to any of the activities that the Party planned in acknowledgment of his father.
Yesterday, Rohee said that while he did not specifically peruse the list of invitees, Jagan’s family members are usually among the invitees.
The PPP General Secretary said that the Party will continue with its month of activities that are intended to celebrate the lives and work of Janet Jagan and Cheddi Jagan Senior.
While he spoke on Sunday at Babu Jaan, Rohee told thousands of PPP supporters that the Party, once voted back into power, will keep the ideals of Jagan alive.

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